Rapper Aesop Rock is playing a free Myspace show at Southpaw in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Tuesday. Get in line at 7 pm; the first 350 people will get in.
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Columbia University alums Vampire Weekend have been generating a lot of buzz, which culminate with the release of their self-titled debut record on January 29. Will they rise to the hype? Find out at Virgin Megastore in Union Square, where you can buy a copy of the album, get it signed, and hear them play. […]
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I finally got a chance to listen to the much awaited (by me, anyway) new album by the Magnetic Fields, one of songwriter (and local New Yorker) genius Stephin Merritt’s many incarnations. Although I’m not such a fan of the album art, the music is wonderful. True to its title, Distortion revels in feedback and […]
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I meant to post this before it happened, but I forgot. Oops. But I did go last night and it was great. At first it seemed like my friend and I wouldn’t get in–there was a line around the block!–but we decided to go into the store to get some new cds anyway (Hello new […]
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Check this out from the New York Times:
“In the latest shift in the competition for music fans this summer, the concert promoters behind the popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California will stage a three-day event in Liberty State Park, according to people briefed on the plans. The new festival, tentatively scheduled for […]
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So I’ve been really digging new Brooklyn band Hercules and Love Affair’s awesome single “Blind,” which features vocals by Antony Hegarty. Their Italo disco-inspired debut album comes out March 10 on DFA (also home to LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, and The Rapture) and I suspect it will blow up pretty big, considering all the attention […]
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Perez Hilton posted this on his site:
“Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that the Coachella Music Festival is heading east this year!
‘In addition having the festival outside of Palm Springs, like they do every year, this year they’re mounting an east coast version of Coachella in New York or possibly New Jersey,’ an insider tells us.
The […]
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MTV News is trying to reach out to the little people it seems, by doing an article on the “new” Brooklyn DIY music scene. As usual MTV are a bit late in reporting on bands like Yeasayer, A Place to Bury Strangers, and Dirty Projectors, but I guess they get points for trying? Maybe? Also […]
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In the spirit of the Of Montreal karaoke night, which was one of my top shows of 2007, New York Magazine presents “Karaoke Relapse” at Studio B where The Thermals, who played another one of my top 2007 shows, will be the backing band for hipsters to sing in front of. The flyer says it […]
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In case you haven’t heard, the promoters of Lollapalooza are gearing up to put on a 3-day music festival in Vineland, NJ (about an hour from NYC, Philly, and DC) on August 8-10, 2008. However, they seem to be facing opposition from NARCS (Neighbors Against Rock Concert Site) who had a meeting Thursday night.
According to […]
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